Taking it to the limit: Approximate reasoning for markov processes

Abstract

We develop a fusion of logical and metrical principles for reasoning about Markov processes. More precisely, we lift metrics from processes to sets of processes satisfying a formula and explore how the satisfaction relation behaves as sequences of processes and sequences of formulas approach limits. A key new concept is dynamically-continuous metric bisimulation which is a property of (pseudo)metrics. We prove theorems about satisfaction in the limit, robustness theorems as well as giving a topological characterization of various classes of formulas. This work is aimed at providing approximate reasoning principles for Markov processes. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.